The Asura Path (修羅道, Shuradō) grants the user the ability to summon mechanised armor, augmenting their body with extra limbs and various robotic weaponry.[1] In life, Nagato channeled the Asura Path through the body of a ninja puppeteer.

Nagato's Asura Path's raw physical power was enough to rip Jiraiya's arm off and crush his throat with basic taijutsu, as well as to throw the Animal Path all the way into Konohagakure from the outskirts of the village. Additionally, the Asura Path was able to survive otherwise fatal damage due to its mechanised insides. All of these abilities befitted the "warring demon" name that the Asura Path held, whilst giving it a considerably higher degree of versatility than the other Six Paths of Pain had (aside from the Deva Path).

Influences

In Buddhism, the Asura realm is the plane of semi-divine warring demons which people are reincarnated in due to actions based on jealousy, struggle, combat or rationalisation in a previous life. Following a common depiction of Asura, this ability allows the user to possess six arms and three faces, each of which display a different emotion. Like Deva, Asura are also a race of supernatural beings. They are featured in Hinduism as a type of demon and are known to live a life pursuing power. Both depictions play in the abilities of the Asura Path.